Moto E Coming to India on 13th May; Will Be Priced Less than Rs 10,000

Moto E is apparently all set to launch in India on May 13th. Motorola has scheduled events in New Delhi and London and the phone is expected to launch simultaneously in both cities.

Motorola returned to the Indian market with a bang as their first re-launch device, Moto G was a huge success in India. The phone continues to be the favourite of budget buyers and has taken over the 10k-15k phone market in India. While Moto X didn’t create such hype, the phone has achieved decent sales too and is a popular device.

However, rumours of Motorola launching a cheaper, budget device have been doing rounds since a few weeks. The phone rumoured to be Moto E is apparently all set to launch in India on May 13th. Motorola has scheduled events in New Delhi and London and the phone is expected to launch simultaneously in both cities.

Moto E will be Motorola’s basic, budget device and is expected to be priced below the 10k mark. The phone details have already leaked via multiple sites. Moto E will run on Android KitKat which might just be its biggest strength in the Indian market. While most competition phones offer good specifications on paper, none of them have KitKat. Desi devices still stick firmly to Android Jelly Bean in the budget segment and Moto E will definitely gain with KitKat OS.

The phone is said to have a 4.3-inches display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and 256ppi. Under the hood runs a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and the phone comes with 4GB internal memory. The RAM is 1GB and the phone memory can further be expanded up to 32GB using a card. Moto E is rumoured to have a 5MP rear end camera and a basic secondary cam.

The invite for the phone hints at 'Made to Last'. Makes us wonder if the phone will be the first ever rugged phone in the budget segment. While flagships do come in water and dust resistant versions, there’s been no budget phone yet which meets those needs. There’s nothing else known of the phone’s features or whether there’ll be any unique features and surprises with the device.

Motorola has been eating away into the budget phone-makers business strongly in India and the launch of a basic smartphone can definitely weaken the desi phone-makers' stronghold. We can already sense the excitement building! Hang on, May 13th isn’t that far.